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New Leader Of Ireland's Sinn Fein Party Discusses Her Goals For Political Change

7:51pm March 07, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mary Lou McDonald, the new leader of Sinn Fein, the Irish political party. McDonald is the party's first new leader in 34 years.

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Europe is struggling to keep up with the times after a political dispute resulted in electric clocks running six minutes behind.

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A Political Dispute Puts A Wrinkle In Time, Slowing Millions Of European Clocks

7:20pm March 07, 2018

by Amy Held

Clocks fell behind following a decrease in the Continent's electrical frequency. An energy official says while Kosovo has taken steps to address the issue, the lag remains.

Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley gives a statement on Wednesday in Salisbury, England. Sergei Skripal, who was granted refuge in the U.K. following a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Russia in 2010, and his daughter remain critically ill after being e

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British Police Say Nerve Agent Was Used To Poison Russian Ex-Spy Sergei Skripal

5:11pm March 07, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Skripal and his daughter suddenly collapsed over the weekend near a shopping mall in southern England. Police have now confirmed that the illness resulted from exposure to a nerve agent.

Protesters marched in London on Feb. 3 to demand more money for Britain's National Health Service, as winter conditions are thought to have put a severe strain on the system.

U.K. Hospitals Are Overburdened, But The British Love Their Universal Health Care

1:56pm March 07, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

Budgets are tight, wait times have grown and drugs are being rationed. But most of the U.K. believes the advantages of their taxpayer-funded coverage outweigh the frustrations.

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EU Officials Consider Imposing Duties On Some 100 U.S. Products

6:40am March 07, 2018

President Trump targeted the European Union in threatening to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports to the U.S. Steve Inskeep talks to David O'Sullivan, the EU ambassador to Washington.

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Ex-Russian Spy Found Ill In British Shopping Center

9:05pm March 06, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera about the former Russian spy who was found unconscious with a woman at a British shopping center. He had been convicted in Russia for spying for the U.K., and was resettled in England after a spy swap.

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President Trump and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven hold a joint news conference at the White House on Tuesday.

Trump Says U.S. Working To Counteract Russian Election Interference In 2018 Midterms

8:00pm March 06, 2018

by Tamara Keith

In a news conference with the Swedish prime minister, President Trump also defended his plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and said he likes conflict among his White House staff.

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How People In Crimea View The Union With Russia

5:43pm March 06, 2018

by Lucian Kim

When Russia annexed Crimea, it set relations with Western societies on a confrontation course. Four years after Russian President Vladimir Putin's brazen gamble, NPR looks at how people in Crimea view the union with Russia.

While the punishment for rape when a victim is younger than 15 carries a heftier penalty under French law, prosecutors must prove that the sex was forced.

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France Moves To Make 15 Legal Age Of Consent For Sex

5:40pm March 06, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The decision to establish an age of consent in the country for the first time follows two cases involving men who had escaped rape charges despite intercourse with 11-year-old girls.

A strike took place in January at Trinity College Dublin to campaign for the legalization of abortion in Ireland.

In Ireland, A Vote Is Expected This Spring On Expanding Abortion Rights

4:29pm March 06, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

Ireland has already legalized divorce and same-sex marriage. Will abortion be next? In a May referendum, voters will weigh in on whether to allow unrestricted abortion up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy.